The photo shown above is the original manuscript of The Canterbury Tales.
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of over twenty stories during the time of The Hundred Years War. The stories are about pilgrims who travel to Southwalk to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. It is sometimes argued to be the greatest contribution that his work made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of vernacular, English, Rather than French or Latin.
The Canterbury Tales was written from 1386 to 1395, and published in 1477.
The Canterbury Tales was written in London, England.
The narrator is an anonymous member of the pilgrimage.
Was written in past-tense.
Each of the characters express different views of reality.
By:Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of over twenty stories during the time of The Hundred Years War. The stories are about pilgrims who travel to Southwalk to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. It is sometimes argued to be the greatest contribution that his work made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of vernacular, English, Rather than French or Latin.The Canterbury Tales was written from 1386 to 1395, and published in 1477.
The Canterbury Tales was written in London, England.
The narrator is an anonymous member of the pilgrimage.
Was written in past-tense.
Each of the characters express different views of reality.
Written in Middle English
Was Chaucer's most famous work.